ChangeAdminPassword

justin.davison · 2009-08-18T19:54:39.000Z

Description

This script will reset your local admin password and ensure domain admins are in the local admins group. Best used as a GPO login script

Source Code

net localgroup administrators "domain admins" /add

net user administrator "LOCALADMINPASSWAORD"

jacksonrobbins2047 · 2009-08-18T20:21:00.000Z

Works like a treat - just make sure no users actually SEE it run!

justin.davison · 2009-08-18T20:25:29.000Z

Also make sure that your run location is secure. I prefer to use it as a GPO script to keep it hidden or on a thumb drive to run when doing maintenance.

jorgepastor1464 · 2009-08-18T23:30:17.000Z

Just in time. We’re changing the local admin password and this script is easier than the pspasswd command. Thanks.

ryansmith7595 · 2009-08-20T13:52:04.000Z

Always been mystified why Microsoft can’t include this in group policy itself. It seems obvious.

rig5005 · 2009-08-26T02:16:27.000Z

Great script, I was just thinking about updating the local admin password on our desktops! Thanks

noahhopson5690 · 2010-03-29T16:04:09.000Z

Just what I needed. Thanks.

normannaguilar7341 · 2010-05-05T21:02:57.000Z

This is great. I have been using Computer Management to change local admin password remotely. Only problem I have is if I use it as a login script using GPO and the machine is not part ofthe domain, it will not work.

mattsavige3049 · 2010-05-05T22:40:45.000Z

Nice work. You can extend this by using systernals psexec to run it remotly on any machine you have admin access to already. psexec -n 5 \hostname net user administrator password

dannytest6823 · 2013-03-28T09:41:05.000Z

You may use @echo off command in batch file. This suppresses the output.